InternetNews Staff

LONDON — Scottish ISP, iomart, has announced that it has sold its Madasafish and Jings ISP businesses for 3 million pounds. The companies provide metered and umetered dial-up internet access services to consumers, and generated revenues of 2 million pounds last year and gross profits – before overheads were accounted for – of 400,000 pounds. […]

CAPE TOWN — When we published our original article about World Online’s (WoL) offer of online training, Product Manager Sean Sandell was — appropriately enough — on study leave. Since then, sa.internet.com has spoken to him, discovering some interesting facts about the future direction of the project. We discovered that the online academy – which […]

Spacedisk, Inc., which calls itself a second-generation Storage and Content Delivery Network (CDN), today announced it is expanding its North American presence to downtown San Jose CA. The company also named Warren J. Kaplan as President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors. “San Jose is strategically located for Spacedisk in the United […]

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based SeaView Video Technology Inc. Friday became the newest member of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, a group which evangelizes powerline technology, which connects appliances to the Internet through electrical lines. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance already includes technology powerhouses like Cisco Systems, Intel, 3Com, Motorola, Advanced Micro Devices, Compaq, Conexant, Enikia, Intellon, Panasonic, Diamond […]

Zona Research on Thursday (May 10) released its latest Internet Business Review, Microsoft – The Good The Bad and The .NET, an evaluation of Microsoft’s vision of its future. The report provides an overview of the elements of Microsoft’s .NET business plan and appraises what political, technological, market and organizational factors will be key in […]

Phoenix-based semiconductor-maker National Scientific Corp. Friday indicated its intentions to make a play for the telecommunications market with the launch of a range of high-speed power control products and circuit protection applications. The technology is a specialized semiconductor transistor known as a thyristor, and NSC said it has scored an inaugural sales contract for the […]

CAPE TOWN — CommSoft, a CRM and communications management solutions company, has appointed Rising Star Communications (Ristar) to distribute CallMaster, a telephone management system aimed at helping organizations control telephone costs. This agreement is non-exclusive and currently only covers the CallMaster product. Dudley Coetzer, MD of CommSoft, describes CallMaster as “an easy-to-use, PC-based telephone information […]

Digitas Wins Barnes & Noble Work New York-based book retail giant Barnes & Noble has awarded its strategic marketing account to Boston-based interactive shop Digitas. The size of the account was not disclosed, though as Barnes & Noble’s agency of record for strategic marketing, Digitas is tasked with helping the retail chain integrate its in-store […]

Ameritrade, which ranks as the nation’s fifth-largest discount brokerage firm, is reportedly in advance talks to be acquired by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) for as much as $1.8 billion. Ameritrade is expected to be sold for between $9 and $10 a share, the USAToday reported in its Friday edition. The stock closed on […]

Digex, Inc. has named Sandy Blaisdell as senior vice president of the WorldCom Business Unit and George Kerns as senior vice president of Operations. The Laurel, Md.-based Digex provides high-end managed Web and application hosting services for some of the world’s leading companies. Blaisdell will be responsible for managing and growing Digex’s strategic relationship with […]

Boeing Co. will move its world headquarters to Chicago. “We’re continuing to transform our company with a focus on long-term growth and value creation. Our new corporate architecture — with a leaner headquarters located separately from our major business units — is a fundamental element of our business strategy,” said Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil […]

CAPE TOWN — Around 100 high-speed wireless internet Hot Spots are likely to be installed around the country over the next year or so as Walker Wireless teams up with Cisco to provide mobile business people with dream connections. Walker Wireless has already installed nodes at a number of airports, petrol stations and truck stops […]